The Maya civilization (/ˈmaɪə/) was a Mesoamerican civilization that existed from antiquity to the early modern period. It is known by its ancient temples...
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archaeology, the classic Maya collapse is the decline of the Classic Maya civilization and the abandonment of Maya cities in the southern Maya lowlands of Mesoamerica...
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recognised as the territory which encompassed the Maya civilisation in the pre-Columbian era. The Maya Region is firmly bounded to the north, east, and...
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Maya (/ˈmɑːjə/; Devanagari: माया, IAST: māyā), literally "illusion" or "magic", has multiple meanings in Indian philosophies depending on the context....
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Yuri Knorozov (section Maya-related)
decipherment of the Mayan script, the writing system used by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica. Knorozov was born in the village of Yuzhny near...
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architecture List of Indus Valley Civilisation sites List of inventions and discoveries of the Indus Valley Civilisation Rodda, J. C., and Ubertini, Lucio...
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Cradle of civilization (redirect from Cradle of Civilisation)
of western civilisation as illustrated by existing monuments. ISBN 9781177738538. Michael Ed. Grant (1964). The Birth Of Western Civilisation, Greece &...
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Civilization (redirect from Civilisation)
A civilization (British English: civilisation) is any complex society characterized by the development of the state, social stratification, urbanization...
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Civilisations is a 2018 British art history television documentary series produced by the BBC in association with PBS as a follow-up to the original 1969...
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Mesoamerican studies, and in particular that of the pre-Columbian Maya civilisation, its historical literature, and its writing system. Yershova is a...
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